Tyneside Express Transport has put three MAN TGX 440hp 6x2 tractors on the road, all with XXL sleeper cabs.
They have been purchased outright from MAN Truck & Bus Gateshead to replace three older vehicles and put into operation in the general haulage business to pull both curtainsided and flatbed trailers.
Darren Casey, director of TPN member Tyneside Express, said “good old fashioned value-for-money” was a major influence.
A major ransomware attack against US supply chain software firm Blue Yonder has hit warehouse and logistics operations for two UK supermarket chains.
Same-day courier firm Speedy Freight is expanding further into the US market with the opening of a new £1.9m office and 50,000sq ft warehouse in Irving, Texas, near Dallas Fort-Worth Airport.
Former Clipper Logistics chief executive Tony Mannix has received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University in recognition of his distinguished contribution to business and the industry.
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